AUTHORS: Jennifer Williams

Jennifer Williams is an American artist based in London, UK where, in 1977, she founded the Centre for Creative Communities (CCC).

As well as the CCC work, Jennifer works as a freelance artist and as a specialist in social change processes. Jennifer's interest in IFF is in collaborative projects that link learning with creative practice, social inclusion and community development.

Besides maintaining an active schedule of public speaking and writing for journals, in recent years she has developed a specialist role as artist-in-residence at conferences, courses and extended processes such as Glasgow's Civic Conversation.

Jennifer has written books on topics including cultural exchange, the arts and urban regeneration and cross sector collaboration. Jennifer's artwork, mainly visual, ranges from hand made books, cutouts, photography, illustration and printmaking to the making of masks. Prior to moving to the UK, Jennifer ran a touring puppet theatre known as Williams Toy Theatre, which was awarded a number of distinctions from the international puppet community.